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Author of "O Boundless Wisdom, God Most High" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

John Bishop

1665 - 1737 Person Name: John Bishop, 1665-1737 Composer of "ILLSLEY" in The Cyber Hymnal John Bishop was born in 1665 in Winchester, Hampshire, England He served as lay vi­car at King’s Coll­ege, Cam­bridge (1687), as the or­gan­ist (1695-1737) and lay clerk (1697) at Winc­hes­ter Coll­ege, and also as tge or­gan­ist at Winchester Ca­thed­ral (1729-37). He died about December 19, 1737 in Winchester. His works in­clude: A New Set of Psalm Tunes, 1710 A New Set of Psalm Tunes, 1722 A Sup­ple­ment to the New Psalm-Book, 1725 A New Set of Psalm Tunes, 1730 NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/s/bishop_j.htm

Gabriel Gillett

1873 - 1948 Translator (from Latin) of "O Boundless Wisdom, God Most High" in The Cyber Hymnal Gillett, George Gabriel Scott, B.A., son of the Rev. E. A. Gillett, was b. Dec. 1, 1873, at Hawley, Hants, where his father was then curate. He was educated at Westminster School and at Keble College, Oxford, B.A. 1896 and ordained D. 1898, P. 1899. While domestic chaplain to Earl Beauchamp at Madresfield he contributed to The English Hymnal, 1906, three translations (58, 172, 030) and "It is finished! Christ hath known" (Good Friday). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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